Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06638 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 05/02/2013

                    General Assembly  Substitute Bill No. 6638
January Session, 2013  *_____HB06638JUD___041713____*

General Assembly

Substitute Bill No. 6638 

January Session, 2013

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AN ACT CONCERNING THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF A MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION OR USE OF A DIRT BIKE, ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE OR SNOWMOBILE. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) Any municipality may, by ordinance, regulate the operation and use, including hours and zones of use, of dirt bikes, and may prescribe a penalty for violation of such ordinance in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for a first violation, an amount not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars for a second violation and an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars for a third or subsequent violation. For the purposes of this section, "dirt bike" means a two wheeled motorized recreational vehicle designed to travel over unimproved terrain and not designed for travel on a highway, as defined in section 14-1 of the general statutes. "Dirt bike" does not include an all-terrain vehicle, as defined in section 14-379 of the general statutes, or a motor-driven cycle, as defined in section 14-1 of the general statutes.

Sec. 2. Section 14-390 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):

Any municipality may, by ordinance, regulate the operation and use, including hours and zones of use, of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 14-379 to 14-390, inclusive, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and may prescribe a penalty for violation of such ordinance in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for a first violation, an amount not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars for a second violation and an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars for a third or subsequent violation. 

 


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2013 14-390

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

October 1, 2013

New section

Sec. 2

October 1, 2013

14-390

 

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JUD

Joint Favorable Subst.